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we were winning battles and conceding wars

Might he be referencing the off season fun and games circus also ? ( or not ..lol )

Well I suspect in the immediate short term this this happen anyway. As others also might be, I'm thinking Richardson could be ok in this role. A concern for mine goes to the preparedness of Simon to swallow a bit of pride and really start listening to people. I say this as like him or not I suspect Macca wasnt getting his primary concerns across sufficiently. He leaves/left Jennings seems to have been a lame duck and by all accounts is/was a very capable reader of the game. Again I have to conclude he wasn't being "heard" , he leaves/left. Rusty I can only hope things change for the better, and in the end I could care less whether it's Goodwin or anyone else bringing joy to the club. I would like to think that's not a one way iron clad contract in favour of Goodwin. If it is.. Pert should [censored] off and pay out Simon's residual out of his own pocket for sheer incompetence. Hypothetically should we still be on the mat, against the ropes, gasping for air or any other metaphor of choice then I don;t think it would take those 2 years. The likes of Shaw, Teague, Ratten etc show it might not be the players...just the map and instructions given them. I for one don't think this list is anywhere nearly as bad as we play

Reckon we'll know a LOT sooner than that. It just might take until QB for our Brains (sic ) Trust to do anything

Mesage to Gil on behalf of Coniglio Just stfu Gildo !!

Im not generally in favour of players voting for a captain. Becomes a weird popularity/logies fiasco. That said the recent appointment from above have all been shizen. Melbourne probably doesn't need a captain anyway. We've been coasting along fine without leadership for years now.

Roos, im told, gave Goody quite some largesse to appoint 'his' crew. He would have afforded anyone that ability. Had it been Dew they both knew who that crew would have been. That never transpired obviously and the rest is history . I think Simons season of appointments have come to a close As to Jennings not getting on with Macca...he would have a few mates there .

Gawn strikes me as a nominee. That said it might be a burden too much. He's obviously very fed up and frustrated. Would bridling him with the captaincy skew his focus ? He obviously tries to lead but would having him have to lead distract. We're a bloody basketcase of a club really. Half a list thats useless..and a whole box of incapables.

Hmm Jennings...known league wide as an A grade strategist. Was considered a coup getting him. Joins a Goodwin/Macca box Sits there..hardly any bro on bro action. EVER !! We play as though we have NO strategy. Strategist leaves. Dot...dot dot.....dot dot dot !!!

Ill add in another factor...the lingering Roos effect. As we get further away from any influence of Roos and now either it's worn off or been systematically disassembled then the team plays more and more according to the Goodwin doctrine. Before you might possibly respond with...but oh what about the tail end of last year...ill again speak of my analogy to a nitro infused engine. Hit the red button and you'll take off like a rocket. ..but is inly meant for short bursts...otherwise you cook the engine. This is exactly how we played for a while when we started winning. It was at a frenetic pace (nitro on ) . But as Macca/Goodwin race team knew nothing of tempo etc the team ran....until it couldn’t. ( dodnt turn nitro OFF) Not only couldn't run but in their buggered state were even more susceptible to injuries , hence the abnormally larger number of surgeries etc required. Goodwin burnt the list. Enter 2019 and further removed from any Roos influence together with some freshies then the total Goodwin/Macca game is in effect. Went marvellously didn't it.

wrong brand of Fugazi ??

Call me a cynic Praha. Though I thoroughly understand the premise of an internal review the one essential problem to that is the reviewer himself will effectively escape the torch. In the context of everything that has happened over the last 7-8 years he is quite possibly the last person that ought to as his footprints are all over this sodden mess. Also...quite possibly that set of environmental values and goals are themselves flawed. Adjudicating by their metric might give a false positive, as it were. Personally I'd feel much better about a truly impartial externally driven approach

and you actually believe anything the AFL says ?? An interesting position.

That's right....no conflict of interest what ever !!!! The new BOYZ Club

Just as an aside...wasn't Jennings brought in as a gun strategist ?... How was that working for us !!!

woopee doo.. Someone's thinking !! Maybe not THE....certainly a BIG part.

Actually in the main I totally disagree..The only thing I will agree on is that it's easy to pot Gus here.. and it should be...he completely [censored] this up both ways and sideways . Here he really has one job and he abandons it through poor decision making. Generally I like Gus but he's gone backwards.. mind you he has a lot of friends in this regard. As to what the others are doing...yes...it's all totally stupid football...and they are doing exactly what their stupid coaching is instructing. Blame here is back in the box. We fail by design. Yeah I know..i've only said it a thousand times

Once...in a time now long forgotten it would have been reason enough, to play to your best, simply because you had the privilege of wearing the jumper.

Is this something else the Colombians have control over !!!

you had me at 1 ) priceless !!

And there my friends is the problem in a nutshell. God help us

does $8m stop the wind blowing ??

I wonder if Hodge would have just stood on the other side of the pitch looking at Sidebottom ?? ...i wonder

Condolences to the Adams family. I hear you OD ?

Without doubt we have enormous skills issues We have NO leadership. Our games are played out rudderless. What leadership does is harness and direct what assets you DO have. Look at Lions pre Hodge..and Now. That's no accident.